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###&%=\»~¨ THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. ¨~»\=%##
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###&%=\»~¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨~»\=%##
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###&%=\»~¨ MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF ¨~»\=%##
&=»~~~¨¨¨¨ THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE ¨¨¨¨~~~»=&
###&%=\»~¨ UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY. ¨~»\=%##
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#&%=\\»»~¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨~»»\\=%
&&&===\»~¨ ~ PROPERTIES ~ ¨~»\===&&&
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&=\~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~\=&
#&&%=\»¨¨¨ THE HONEY IS A REDDISH AMBER, VERY ¨¨¨»\=%&
#&===»»¨¨¨ VISCOUS (BUT STILL POURABLE). IT SMELLS ¨¨¨»»===
&%\\~~¨¨¨¨ SLIGHTLY OF EUCALYPTUS, AND HAS A ¨¨¨¨~~\\%&
#%==\»~¨¨¨ MOSTLY BITTER TASTE. ¨¨¨~»\==%#
###&%=\»~¨ ¨~»\=%##
&=»»¨¨¨¨¨¨ IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS ¨¨¨¨¨¨»»=&
#&&==\»¨¨¨ STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS. ¨¨¨»\==&
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###&%=\»~¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ ~ COLLECTION ~ ¨~»\=%##
&%=\\\\»~¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨~»\\\\=%&
###&%=\»~¨ ¨~»\=%##
#&=\»»¨¨¨¨ THE HONEY MATERIALIZES IN VACCUUMS ¨¨¨¨»»\=
###&%=\»~¨ WITHIN ANY LABYRINTHINE SPACE. THE MORE ¨~»\=%##
&%%==»¨¨¨¨ FOLDED AND AMBIGUOUS, THE FASTER IT ¨¨¨¨»==%%&
###&%=\»~¨ EMERGES. THE CAVERNOUS SYSTEMS UNDER ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ THE DESERT OF KIRUGU SERVES THIS ¨~»\=%##
#&=»»»~¨¨¨ PURPOSE VERY WELL - THE LIZARDS USE ¨¨¨~»»»=
###&%=\»~¨ PUMPS TO EMPTY SMALL BOXES OR JARS OF ¨~»\=%##
&&=\»~~~~¨ AIR, WHICH THEN ARE LEFT OVERNIGHT AND ¨~~~~»\=&&
###&%=\»~¨ HARVESTED THE NEXT DAY. ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ MOST SPACES ARE SOMEWHAT MAZELIKE, AND ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR LIZARDS IN KIRUGU ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ VESZELLE CITY TO KEEP A FEW JARS (OFTEN ¨~»\=%##
#&%\\~¨¨¨¨ HANGED FROM THE CEILING IN METAL CROWNS ¨¨¨¨~\\%
###&%=\»~¨ MADE FOR THIS PURPOSE). HOWEVER, THESE ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ MAY TAKE WEEKS TO FILL. ¨~»\=%##
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###&%=\»~¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨~»\=%##
#&=»¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ AS A DRUG ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨»=
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##%===\»~¨ ¨ ONE SPOON ¨ ¨~»\===%##
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#&===\~~¨¨ THE DRUG IS USED BY THE LIZARDS IN ¨¨~~\===
###&%=\»~¨ THESE SMALL (BUT OFTEN CONTINUOUS) ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ DOSES. THIS HEIGHTENS THE SENSES ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ SOMEWHAT BUT AT THE COST OF A LESSENED ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ ABILITY TO MULTI-TASK - CONTEXT ¨~»\=%##
&&==\\»¨¨¨ SWITCHING MIGHT TAKE LONGER AND BE MORE ¨¨¨»\\==&&
##&&%=\»~¨ CONFUSING. ¨~»\=%&#
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##%%=\»»~¨ ¨~»»\=%%##
&%=»¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ FOUR SPOONS ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨»=%&
##&=\\~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~\\=#
##&&%=\»~¨ MULTITASKING BECOMES VERY HARD (THE ¨~»\=%&#
###&%=\»~¨ THOUGHT DOES NOT OCCUR). SENSES MORE ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ ACUTE BUT "UNIMPORTANT" (IGNORED). ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ INNER PERCEPTIONS TAKE THE UPPER HAND, ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ ABSTRACTION AND MEMORY FACULTIES ARE ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ SHARPENED SEVERELY. SLIGHT TELEPATHY ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ (MOSTLY MOODS) WITH OTHER HONEY EATERS. ¨~»\=%##
&%=\»»~¨¨¨ SENSE OF THIRST DISSAPPEARS. STILL EASY ¨¨¨~»»\=%&
###&%=\»~¨ TO MOVE AROUND THE BODY (IF SO ¨~»\=%##
&%%=\\~¨¨¨ INCLINED). ¨¨¨~\\=%%&
###&%=\»~¨ ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ ¨ SEVEN SPOONS ¨ ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨~»\=%##
##&&%=\»~¨ THE HONEY EATER BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE TO ¨~»\=%&#
#&&=»~~¨¨¨ NORMAL STIMULI, BUT ABLE TO OVERRIDE ¨¨¨~~»=&
###&%=\»~¨ THEIR OWN SENSES WITH DREAMLIKE ¨~»\=%##
####&%\»~¨ IMAGERY. SHARING OF THOUGHTS WITH OTHER ¨~»\%###
#&%=\~~~~¨ EATERS, MOOD READING OF THOSE WHO STAY ¨~~~~\=%
###&%=\»~¨ SOBER (WORTH NOTING THAT THE THOUGHTS ¨~»\=%##
##&%=\~~¨¨ ARE VERY FRAGMENTED AND HARD TO ¨¨~~\=%#
&%%=\~¨¨¨¨ DECIPHER, UNLESS YOU ARE AT A SIMILAR ¨¨¨¨~\=%%&
&&=\\\~~~¨ LEVEL OF SPOONS). AT THIS POINT THE ¨~~~\\\=&&
###&%=\»~¨ BODY IS HARD TO MOVE, AND STARTS LOSING ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ WATER. ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ ¨~»\=%##
####&%=\»~ ~»\=%###
#&%%=\\»~¨ ¨ NINE SPOONS AND ABOVE ¨ ¨~»\\=%%
###&%=\»~¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨~»\=%##
##&=\~~¨¨¨ OVERDOSE. BODY LOSING WATER QUICKLY, ¨¨¨~~\=#
##%%\\~¨¨¨ AND IS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO MOVE. THERE ¨¨¨~\\%%##
###&%=\»~¨ IS INTERMITTENT THOUGHT SHARING WITH ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ SOBER PERSONS (ALTHOUGH ¨~»\=%##
##&&%=\»~¨ UNINTELLIGIBLE). MEMEORIES ARE SHARDED ¨~»\=%&#
####&%=\~¨ OR NOT FORMED. ¨~\=%###
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###&%=\»~¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨~»\=%##
#%\~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ DANGERS ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~\%#
&%%%=»»»~¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨~»»»=%%%&
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&&&%\~~¨¨¨ MOST DEATHS ARE DUE TO LOSS OF WATER - ¨¨¨~~\%&&&
###&%=\»~¨ THIRST IS ONE OF THE LAST SENSES TO ¨~»\=%##
##%\\~¨¨¨¨ RESTABLE AFTER COMING DOWN, OFTEN GONE ¨¨¨¨~\\%##
###&%=\»~¨ FOR UP TO TWENTY FOUR HOURS. AT HIGHER ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ DOSES IT'S HARD TO MOVE, EVEN IF YOU ¨~»\=%##
####&%\»~¨ WOULD REMEMBER DRINKING (WHICH IS ALSO ¨~»\%###
&&&==\»~~¨ MADE HARDER BY THE ATTENTION FOCUSING ¨~~»\==&&&
#&&&%=\»~¨ PROPERTIES OF THE HONEY). ¨~»\=%&&
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###&%=\»~¨ PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO SUFFER INJURIES ¨~»\=%##
##%\»¨¨¨¨¨ FROM BEING STILL IN UNFAVOURABLE ¨¨¨¨¨»\%##
#&%%%=\»~¨ CLIMATES FOR TOO LONG, SOMETIMES TO THE ¨~»\=%%%
####&%=\»¨ POINT OF DEATH. ANOTHER DANGER IS ¨»\=%###
###&%=\»~¨ ACTUALLY LOCOMOTION OF THE BODY... ¨~»\=%##
###&%=\»~¨ WALKING AROUND IS STILL SOMEWHAT ¨~»\=%##
&%%%\\~~¨¨ POSSIBLE AFTER LOSING SIGHT, WHICH HAVE ¨¨~~\\%%%&
#&&%%=\»~¨ LEAD TO SEVEAL FALLS. ADDITIONALLY, ¨~»\=%%&
#%\~~~¨¨¨¨ ROBBERIES OF THE INTOXICATED ARE COMMON. ¨¨¨¨~~~\%#
#%%==»¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨»==%%#
###&%=\»~¨ LASTLY, ALBEIT VERY RARE, IT'S POSSIBLE ¨~»\=%##
&===»~¨¨¨¨ TO DIE OF PURE OVERDOSE (ON THE SCALE ¨¨¨¨~»===&
###&%=\»~¨ OF JARS OF HONEY) BEFORE BEING KILLED ¨~»\=%##
##&%=»~¨¨¨ BY THIRST. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THIS ¨¨¨~»=%#
###&%=\»~¨ LEAVES "GHOSTS", WHO WILL STILL SHARE ¨~»\=%##
####&%=\»¨ THEIR THOUGHTS LONG AFTER THEIR BODIES ¨»\=%###
###&%=\»~¨ ARE DEAD AND GONE. ¨~»\=%##
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